Screening of candidates
Only guests who fit one of the 6 roles of the Atrium spec are kept. This page covers every guest of the POC podcasts, all countries together: screening comes first, and the country of origin is looked up afterwards, only for the selected experts.
Guests identified28,551
Excluded19,870
Selected8,681Of which 2,556 English-speaking world, 4,579 European Union, 1,546 other or unknown country
Selected by role
AcademicNamed position at a university or research institution4,334Think tankNamed position at a think tank or public policy institute730Former officialHeld a position in a public authority: ministry, regulator, central bank, parliament531LawyerPractices law, in a firm, in-house or at the bar251Economist or consultantEconomist, analyst or adviser, in a firm or independent865CommentatorAnalyzes current affairs or ideas for the general public: columnist, essayist1,970
Why the others are excluded
People
27,693 people · the 858 guests named by their first name only are counted above but not listed
| Person | Decision | Role or reason | Why | Podcasts | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dana Grant Transformational coach and author | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Transformational coach and author (coach, not political analyst). | 1 | 1 |
| Dana Hajek Data journalist · DIE ZEIT | Excluded | Journalist | Data journalist ZEIT. | 1 | 1 |
| Dana Merwin Professional clown and performer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dana White President and CEO · Ultimate Fighting Championship | Excluded | Business executive | President and CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship (business executive). | 1 | 1 |
| Danaele Puechmaille Computer systems engineer · EUMETSAT | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | IT systems engineer at EUMETSAT. | 1 | 1 |
| Dandan Zhu Founder · DG Recruit et Dandan Global | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of DG Recruit and Dandan Global. | 1 | 1 |
| Dani Bensky Survivor | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dani Cela elDiario.es | Excluded | Journalist | Regional correspondent for elDiario.es. | 1 | 1 |
| Dani Clode Prosthetic designer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Prosthetic designer (designer). | 1 | 1 |
| Dania Schiftan Clinical sexologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Clinical sexologist, healthcare. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Adrião Candidate · Partido Socialista | Excluded | Serving politician | Socialist Party candidate, active politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Alling Germany correspondent · Sveriges Radio | Excluded | Journalist | Germany correspondent, ordinary reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Baal President · Crédit Mutuel et Fédération bancaire française | Excluded | Business executive | President of Credit Mutuel and French Banking Federation. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Bentzon Student and junior civil servant | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Bourrion Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Brolin | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Brunner Ex FBI | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former FBI agent (field agent, not former executive). | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Corbett Ex-military operator for hire · Navy SEAL Teams 5, 6, 17 | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Davis Col | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Colonel, active military officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Dennett | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Philosopher, deceased 2024. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Estrin NPR correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | NPR correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Finkelstein Lord · Conservatives | Excluded | Serving politician | Lord Conservatives (politician, hereditary position). | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Fontanals Private detective | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Private Detective. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Gerhardt Culture editor · ZEIT ONLINE | Excluded | Journalist | Culture editor at ZEIT ONLINE, culture reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Glasman | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Günther | Excluded | Serving politician | Politician in office, minister-president. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Hearn | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Helldén Spokesperson · Miljöpartiet | Excluded | Serving politician | Language representative of Green Party, party official in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Imwinkelried Eastern Europe business correspondent · NZZ | Excluded | Journalist | Economics Correspondent Eastern Europe NZZ. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Ingmo | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Karlgren Investment chief · Captor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of investment at Captor, wealth manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Kimerling Founder and Managing Partner · Deciens Capital | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Kofahl Food sociologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Kokotaijo Independent futurist, formerly at OpenAI | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Koller Director Creative House · Seven.One.Entertainment | Excluded | Business executive | Director of Creative House at Seven.One.Entertainment, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Kraus Forester | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Lauritzen Urban and housing editor · Altinget | Excluded | Journalist | City and housing editor Altinget. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Lebe Business Intelligence Developer · FSN Capital | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Business intelligence developer at FSN Capital. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Liebhart Chair of the air and maritime transport division · Gewerkschaft vida | Excluded | Business executive | Chair of union section, union official. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Linares Founder & CEO · DLE Event Group | Excluded | Business executive | Founder & CEO of DLE Event Group. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Lubetzky Founder & Shark Tank Investor · KIND Snacks | Excluded | Business executive | Founder & Shark Tank Investor at KIND Snacks. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Lurie Mayor · San Francisco | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor of San Francisco, active mayor. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Maikowski Technology journalist · Gazeta.pl | Excluded | Journalist | Technology journalist at Gazeta.pl. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Martyniuk | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Mays Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Metzler CEO · Isar Aerospace | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Isar Aerospace. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Michaels Brussels bureau chief · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Brussels bureau chief Wall Street Journal. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Nascimento Biblical scholar | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Noboa President · Équateur | Excluded | Serving politician | President of Ecuador, political executive in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Nordentoft Spokesperson for Generation Identitær | Excluded | Serving politician | Spokesperson of organization, press officer. | 1 | 1 |